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UPDATE: Republican Candidate Drops Out of Southampton Supervisor Race, Joining Democratic Turmoil

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John Leonard.

John Leonard.

Rick Martel, who won the March 18 special election, was sworn in to a seat on the Southampton Town Board on April 3. DANA SHAW

Rick Martel, who won the March 18 special election, was sworn in to a seat on the Southampton Town Board on April 3. DANA SHAW

Willa Bernstein withdrew from the Southampton Town Board race on Monday.

Willa Bernstein withdrew from the Southampton Town Board race on Monday.

Tom Neely, a longtime Southampton Town bureaucrat, was tapped to step in as the lone Democratic Party candidate for one of the two council seats on the November ballot after both of the party's previous nominees announced they were withdrawing from the race on Monday.

Tom Neely, a longtime Southampton Town bureaucrat, was tapped to step in as the lone Democratic Party candidate for one of the two council seats on the November ballot after both of the party's previous nominees announced they were withdrawing from the race on Monday.

John Leonard

John Leonard

John Leonard

John Leonard

authorMichael Wright on Apr 7, 2025
Three of the six candidates who had been chosen by the Democratic and Republican parties to run in the Southampton Town Board election this fall withdrew from the race this... more

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